Thomas Partey: Midfield Tank Engine

[Breezy]

Played for ManUre tonight. Shocking performance.

 

[Taneruit]

Playing worse and worse with each match. Was mildly excited when hearing he would make Xhaka redundant, but I guess a possible interpretation of that sentence is that we now have 2 Xhakas.

His body feints and quick forward passes seem to be as harmless as Xhaka's famous lofted balls to the wings were back then

A-M, man

A-M

Not good for your brain.

 

[Jae]

Had a nightmare out there. Hope it's just a one off bad game.

"A nightmare" come off it mate.

My only criticism of him is that he is VERY risky on the ball, which it the exact opposite of everything that he had been subjected to in midfield over the past 5 years. Sometimes hangs onto the ball for a little bit too long but I think that's because he's so confident on the ball.

 

[Monstar-Gunn4r]

Lack of training and having to do a late fitness test showed today, still made some great passes forward, made 2 0r 3 vital interceptions as well.

Think we would've lost without him even if he had a relatively poor performance.

 

[Ash10]

Had some dodgy moments but still showed glimpses of quality from time to time. Not fully fit maybe?

 

[Sniper Mik]

Had some dodgy moments but still showed glimpses of quality from time to time. Not fully fit maybe?

Speed of thought dropped a few levels. Will happen for him every now and then. 1st season in the PL and he's been out injured for most of it.

 

[freeglennhelder2]

That was a “Wire season 5” performance.

Poor in terms of what has gone before but still ahead of his peers.

 

[RacingPhoton]

"A nightmare" come off it mate.

My only criticism of him is that he is VERY risky on the ball, which it the exact opposite of everything that he had been subjected to in midfield over the past 5 years. Sometimes hangs onto the ball for a little bit too long but I think that's because he's so confident on the ball.

"Nightmare" for his quality that I have seen in previous matches. Too many misplaced simple passes. Him holding on to ball long is a trend I have noticed but that's because he is trying to play through balls at the right moment. I did like the fact that he kept trying to make forward passes in spite of not being in a good passing form.

 

[AberGooner]

His passing was very poor tonight, but he is exactly what we need in the midfield. We have nobody else who offers those driving runs from deep and his head is always looking up.

 

[Rasmi]

mixed performances, some poor passes and lost the ball. But some very good passing in there that opened up the pitch. Those straight through passes he does through opponents press are huge. He also calms Xhaka down and xhaka seem to trust him with the ball. I think as he gets fitter he will become huge

 

[Riou]

He's gonna be amazing, if we can ever get him properly fit

Still brought a lot of energy tonight, despite not playing overly well...thought Xhaka was quality.

 

[Sniper Mik]

Hardly ever passes backwards. When you are playing next to Xhaka that's quite a refreshing thing

 

[Pop Tart]

He has been sloppy of late but you can see in terms of pressing, strength and intelligence that he be good for us. Still finding his rhythm for us after two injuries

 

[Rasmi]

Hardly ever passes backwards. When you are playing next to Xhaka that's quite a refreshing thing

I noticed that and I am surprised. I thought he would be safer. Always look up and pass forward

 

[Baguette]

He’d adapting to the pace of this league. To be expected. Partey will get better.

 

[Legend14]

"A nightmare" come off it mate.

My only criticism of him is that he is VERY risky on the ball, which it the exact opposite of everything that he had been subjected to in midfield over the past 5 years. Sometimes hangs onto the ball for a little bit too long but I think that's because he's so confident on the ball.

He hangs on the ball because no one is available. He usually passes one touch. Hard to see his choices from the tv tbf.

 

[samshere]

Poor game from him, but if this is his floor level then I have no issues.

 

[El Duderino]

Poor game, but he's still coming back from injury, I guess.

 

[Jakarta]

He looked dead on his feet when running back several times.

No biggie...injuries and still getting used to the league so not 100% sharp.

Arsenal fans tho bringing their swords out already

 

[mpower2540]

His mere presence in the team elevates us. He looked leggy though, couple of poor passes, losing the ball in dangerous areas, by his standards he had a difficult evening.